scuffing
Example Sentences
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Pile on enough and you flirt with the risk of scuffing the roof of your mouth, which feels, to me, like an essential part of the experience.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
Toney also provided the second-half cross Keane Lewis-Potter failed to covert from close range and also, through his strength and awareness, triggered an attack that ended with the former Hull man scuffing a shot wide.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024
In a nondescript Culver City warehouse, members of the metal band Avenged Sevenfold wear protective booties over their shoes to avoid scuffing the floor-to-ceiling green screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
He readies his crease before settling into it for the first period — scuffing up some snow with his skates.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
Big deal, thought Matt, scuffing his shoes along a newly laid stretch of white carpet.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
